Class Environment

Cyril B. Busbee Creative Arts Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 30 Up from 28
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.7 Up from 64.3
Teacher attendance rate 95.5 Down from 100.0
Average teacher salary $56,378 Up from $53,738
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.7 Up from 96.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.9 Up from 67.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 74.6 Down from 76.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks N/AV N/A
Prime instructional time 86.6 Down from 92.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects N/AV 23.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 25.8 Up from 23.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Up from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 6.5 Down from 13.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Down from 4
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 N/A

ESSA regulations require states to post on their report cards information about teachers with emergency or provisional credentials. South Carolina does not award emergency or provisional credentials, thus that metric is not listed.